Meter box



Feb. 19, 1929.

A. FLINK METER BOX Filed May 17, 192B Ania/VIZi/lkgmmm @Hoz are/13@ Patented 19, 192% UNITED STATES ANTON FLINK, OF MARINETTE, WISCONSIN.

METER BOX.

Application led May 17,

tion is to provide adapted to be @ne abject o1. inve a box oft novel. construe inoui'lted in l, or the puuose inetcr oit any d '3ed kin and par cularly a water meter, against freezing. Another ohject oit the invention is to provide a novel cont icion wh lreoy the constituent parts of device are held in proper relation to each othe. so as to torni an air chainher. aother object et the invention is to provide a device ot the class described which can be taken dor-fn and set up readily without the use oit tools.

It is wit in the prov'. i to improve L4enerally and. to enhance ity o1? devices et that type to 'which the tion appertains.

llfith the above and other objects in view,

which will appear the descriilition prou ceeds, the invention resides in the conihin ation and arra xnent o1? parts and in the de ails et construction hereina'tter descrihed and claimed, it heilig understood that changes in the precise enibodiinent of the invention heroin disclosed, may be inade within the scope of what is claimed, without departing frein the spirit or the invention.

In 'the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in vertical longitudinal section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; and

Figures 9. and 3 are cross sections taken, respectively, on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 of Figure 1.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a tubular housing 1 which, as shown, is rectangular in cross section, although the housing might have a different cross section il desired. The housing 1 preferably is made of concrete. It includes an upwardly tapered base 2 having a reduced. neel; 3 on which rests a lil il, i ade of concrete it desired. the lid 4 having an extension 5 which projects into the upper end et the neel( 3 ol the housing 1.

In the lid 4 there is an opening` 6 in which tted a closure 7 which may be a wooden plug, although soine may prefer to use a inaterial other than wood in the making ot the plug 7. A tubular casing S is disposed about the upper portion of the housing 1. and is spaced therefrom to form a chamber 18 which insulares the heat within the hoi .'ng 1 from the surrouudi e' soil, both the housing 1 and the casing 8 being embedded in the soil, as shown in Figure 1. The housing 1 extends down fiar enough into the soil to be well be- 1928. Serial No. 278,566.

low the frost line, and, consequently, the natural heat from the soil can rise up within the housing 1, where it will be retained by the insulating chamber 18 that exists inside o1 the casing 8. The casing 8 includes a body 9, of rectangular cross section, or otherwise, having a downwardly tapered lower end 10 in which there is an opening 11 shaped to con 'torna closely to the external surface of the base Q ol the housing 1. V'Vhen the casing 8 is lowered into place, as shown in Figure 1,

base is wedged tightly in the open- 11 that is Yformed in the lower end 10 of rhe hotly 9 of the casing 8. The casing 8 has an upwardlg7 tapered upper end 12 provided with a mouth 1d which, preferably, is located i le way below the surface of the soil.

in inverted cup shaped cap 15 is placed on the upper end 12 of the casing 8 and serves as a closure for the opening 14x. The lower end oi the cap 15 is bevelled as shown at 16, so that it will fit on the sloping upper surface ot the part 12 of the casing S.

The meter 19 is located close enough to the upper end ot the housing 1 so that when the plug 7 is removed, the meter can be read. The pipes 2O which are connected to the finster 19 are extended downwardly to a point below the frost line, and there are prolonged laterally, as shown at 21, through the side wall oro the base 2. The cap 15 may be made of concrete, if desired, and the same observation holds true with respect to the casing S. The cap 15 can be lifted oil without dilliculty thereby uncovering the opening 14, so that the operator can remove the plug 7 and read the meter. If more access is required than is afforded by the removal of the plug .7, the lid l can be taken ott.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a tubular housing a portion of which is upwardly tapered, a casing surrounding the upper end or' the housing and spaced from the housing to 'form a heat insulat-iru;` chamber, the upper end of the casing being spaced above the upper end of the housing, the lower end of the casing ha ving an opening in which the tapered portion of the housing is detachably wedged, the casing having an opening in its upper end, a removable closure for the upper end of the housing, and a removable closure for the upper end of the casing.

2. In a device of the class described, a tubular housing` a portion of which is upwardly tapered, a casing surrounding the upper end the tapered port-ion of the housing is wedged, and a closure for the upper end of the housing, the last specified closure being located within the casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto alixed my signature.

ANTON FLINK. 

